silliness, selinesse

[Eng.silly; -ne .] *1. Simplicity, simplene . 2. Weakne of understanding; want of sound sense or judgment; foolishne . "The silline of the person does not derogate from the dignity of his character." - L'Estrange . IMG:content-1466.png:[blocks in formation] Ornith.: A fancy variety of the domestic fowl, originally from China, Malacca, or Singapore. " Silkies may be cla ed as purely fancy poultry, having little but their unique appearance to recommend them. Instead of feathers they are covered with abundance of white, silky hair, the wing and tail-quills also being hung with long silky fringe. The skin and legs are blue, the face and comb a deep purple color, ear-lobes being slightly tinged with white. The best specimens have five toes, and are feathered on the legs. The plumage should be pure white."-Lewis Wright : Illus . Book of Poultry , p. 452. silky-oak, s. Grevillea robusta , a large Australian tree, furnishing a valuable timber. The leaves are silky and tomentose lobed or incised. silky-tamarin, s. Zool.: Midas rosalia , one of the prettiest of the genus. [MIDAS.] The fur is long, yellow, and silky, and arranged like a mane round the neck and face. silky-wainscot, s . Entom.: A night-moth, Senta maritima. silky-wave, s; Entom.: A European geometer-moth, Acidalia holosericata . sill (1), çill, *selle, *sille, *sylle, s . [A. S. syl =a base, a support; cogn. with Icel. syll , svill =a sill, a door-sill; Sw. syll ; Sw.dial. svill ; Dan. syld sil-lock, s. [English sill (2); dim in. suff. -ock.] lok, sillik, silloc. ( Orkney.) "A large quantity of sillocks , or young saithe, were got to-day here with the sweep-nets."-London Daily Tele graph "Last year, owing partly to commencing too late, and ally to the drought, material was siloed which would have been better made into hay."- Field , Dec. 19, 1885.